Mormidea ypsilon

Mormidea ypsilon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Tribe: Pentatomini
Genus: Mormidea
Species:
M. ypsilon
Binomial name
Mormidea ypsilon
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Cimex ypsilon Linnaeus, 1758

Mormidea ypsilon is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae found in Mexico, Central and South American countries as well as the Lesser Antilles.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and named Cimex ypsilon.

Description

Illustration in Biologia Centrali-Americana of Mormidea ypsilon

The length of this beetle is between 7 and 9 mm. It is coloured brown with yellow hints and has a prominent pale cream to yellow Y shaped mark on the scutellum. The shoulders of the pronotum may be narrowly rounded or alternatively have spines.

Distribution

This species is present in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, British Guiana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Uruguay and the Lesser Antilles.

References

  1. ↑ Carl von Linné; Lars Salvius (1758), Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria naturae :secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis: Per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis (in Latin) (10th ed.), Stockholm: Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, p. 443, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.542, OCLC 220618172, Wikidata Q4547210 {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Carl von Linné, Lars Salvius  (help) BHL page 727354
  2. 1 2 Rolston, Lawrence Hubert (1978). "A Revision of the Genus Mormidea (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 86 (3): 210–211. JSTOR 25009112. Wikidata Q107537357. BHL page 52171536
  3. ↑ Melo, María; Gimena Dellapé; Leonela Olivera; Pablo S. Varela; Sara I. Montemayor; Pablo M. Dellapé (2017). "Diversity of true bugs from Iguazú National Park, Argentina". Check List. 13 (5): 500. doi:10.15560/13.5.479. Wikidata Q60327600. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Gimena Dellapé, Leonela Olivera, Pablo S. Varela, Sara I. Montemayor, Pablo M. Dellapé  (help)